Progress Journal

Internal patterns for maintaining cross-session context via docs/arc/progress.md.

Journal Format

Location: docs/arc/progress.md

# Progress Journal

## YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM — /arc:[command]
**Task:** [Brief description]
**Outcome:** [Complete / In Progress / Blocked]
**Files:** [Key files created/modified]
**Decisions:**
- [Key decision 1]
- [Key decision 2]
**Next:** [What comes next, if any]

---

Appending Entries

All Arc skills should append to the progress journal on completion.

Use this pattern at the end of any skill:

<progress_append>
After completing the skill's main work, append to the progress journal:

**Entry format:**
## YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM — /arc:[skill-name]
**Task:** [What was requested]
**Outcome:** [Complete / In Progress / Blocked]
**Files:** [Key files, comma-separated]
**Decisions:**
- [Decision 1]
**Next:** [Suggested next step]

---
</progress_append>

Reading Progress (For Context)

Skills that benefit from progress context should read recent entries first.

<progress_context>
**Use Read tool:** `docs/arc/progress.md` (first 50 lines)

Look for:
- Recent work on related features
- Decisions that affect current work
- In-progress items that might be continued
</progress_context>

What Gets Logged

| Skill | What to Log | |-------|-------------| | /arc:ideate | Feature designed, key decisions, approach chosen | | /arc:implement | Tasks completed, tasks remaining, blockers | | /arc:build | What was built, files changed | | /arc:testing | Test results, coverage changes | | /arc:review | Plan reviewed, changes made | | /arc:audit | Audit completed, issue counts by severity | | /arc:design | UI designed, aesthetic direction | | /arc:letsgo | Deployment status, checklist progress | | /arc:document | Solution documented, category | | /arc:commit | What was committed, branch |

What Doesn't Get Logged

/arc:suggest (read-only)
Linear issues (external system)
Failed/abandoned attempts (unless valuable context)